Working at St Edward's | St Edward's School

St Edward’s is a popular place to work with low staff turnover and high levels of staff wellbeing and satisfaction. Our mission statement of ‘may we be one’ goes to the heart of what we do and how we do it and staff feel positive about the school and their role within it.

“The school’s ethos and values run through all they do: unity, achievement, faith.”

“Staff have a very positive view of leaders. They say leaders are approachable and considerate of their workload.”

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Staff Testimonial

“When staff leave St Edward’s, they always say something along the lines of… “This school is not like other schools. The staff care and look after each other. They are a community and there’s something special about working here.” I’ve always felt this and known this. Coming to work each day in a place where people genuinely care about you makes me feel very fortunate to work here. St Edward’s has always prided itself on caring about the whole child and I’ve always felt proud to be a part of that vision.”

Mrs Suzanne Bland, Teacher of PE
22 years at St Edward's

Staff Testimonial

"There are many reasons I have been at St Edward’s for more than 15 years, but probably the main one is the people here. Everyone is pulling in the same direction; the brilliant, polite, and friendly students, our happy and dedicated staff, and the supportive and capable leadership team."

Mr Matthew Lenarduzzi, Head of Sixth Form
15 years at St Edward's

A Message from the Executive Headteacher

The best organisations focus on people, recognising that happy colleagues make for a happy and successful working environment. At St Edward’s we also recognise that our colleagues want to grow and excel professionally. We take great care to provide high quality CPD opportunities, informed by staff voice and our supportive annual review processes.

Our staff are motivated by a deep desire to do good, to inspire, help and support others, understanding that whilst work and life interact, in order to work well, we need to have protected time to switch off and live our lives to the full as individuals. We are proud to have been named as national finalists in the Tes School of the Year Awards for Staff Wellbeing. If ever you would like to discuss a career move to St Edward’s School, please get in touch. We would love to hear from you!

Mr Michael Antram
Executive Headteacher

How to Apply

If you are interested in applying for this role, we would love to hear from you. Please complete and return the application form on our Vacancies page.

Please read the Job Description and Person Specification before fully completing the application form. Where there are any gaps in your employment, please state the reasons why e.g. gap year, career break, unemployed etc. and give exact dates.

Please do not submit additional documentation at the initial stage.

The deadline for receipt of applications is published beneath the vacancy.

Interviews will be held shortly afterwards.

Supporting Information

This section of the application form is very important as it gives you the opportunity to show us why you are applying and why you would be the best person for the job advertised. Please use the job description and person specification as a guide and give specific examples where possible, to demonstrate how you match the requirements of the post.

Interview and Selection Process

Those candidates who meet the requirements for the post will be shortlisted and invited to interview and details of the interview programme will be confirmed in writing. As part of the selection process, as well as assessing your skills and knowledge against the requirements of the role, specific questions will be asked to assess your suitability to work with children.

Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and 2005, we are legally required to consider making reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged in the recruitment and selection process. We are therefore committed to meeting, wherever possible, any needs you specify on the application form. Please contact us if you need to discuss this in any detail.

We will consider any reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Disability Discrimination Act to enable an applicant with a disability (as defined under the act) to meet the requirements of the post.